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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

melanoma cell adhesion molecule [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:6934]

Gene Synonyms

CD146, HEMCAM, MELCAM, METCAM, MUC18

Location

Chromosome 11: 119,307,972-119,321,521 reverse strand.

GRCh38:CM000673.2

About this gene

This gene has 41 transcripts (splice variants), 275 orthologues and 3 paralogues.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000264036.6MCAM-2013327646aaENSP00000264036.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS31690P43121-1 NM_006500.3MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P3TSL:1
ENST00001143727.1MCAM-2413619646aaENSP00000803548.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS31690--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P3
ENST00000920895.2MCAM-2214173645aaENSP00000590954.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT1
ENST00000957745.2MCAM-2223698674aaENSP00000627804.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000957748.2MCAM-2253528617aaENSP00000627807.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000856035.2MCAM-2183526614aaENSP00000526094.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000957747.2MCAM-2243457593aaENSP00000627806.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000957749.2MCAM-2263424582aaENSP00000627808.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015614.1MCAM-2333402572aaENSP00000685431.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000957746.2MCAM-2233350558aaENSP00000627805.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015612.1MCAM-2313212648aaENSP00000685429.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015619.1MCAM-2373149627aaENSP00000685436.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000998035.1MCAM-2293144640aaENSP00000667852.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000957751.2MCAM-2283131637aaENSP00000627810.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015611.1MCAM-2303130619aaENSP00000685428.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000856036.2MCAM-2193113625aaENSP00000526095.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015618.1MCAM-2363041582aaENSP00000685435.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000856037.2MCAM-2202985638aaENSP00000526096.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015622.1MCAM-2402786651aaENSP00000685439.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015621.1MCAM-2392636555aaENSP00000685438.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000957750.2MCAM-2272583450aaENSP00000627809.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001015613.1MCAM-2323355582aaENSP00000685430.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001015617.1MCAM-2353318345aaENSP00000685434.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001015615.1MCAM-2343282561aaENSP00000685432.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001015620.1MCAM-2382895383aaENSP00000685437.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00000530144.6MCAM-214909No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:3
ENST00000529295.5MCAM-211757No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000528976.1MCAM-209722No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:3
ENST00000526992.1MCAM-206574No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000534522.5MCAM-217569No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000525555.5MCAM-203567No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000529257.5MCAM-210563No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:5
ENST00000529686.5MCAM-212563No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000530706.5MCAM-215541No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000528502.5MCAM-207478No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000524940.5MCAM-202206No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:3
ENST00000525586.5MCAM-2044865No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:5
ENST00000528533.5MCAM-2083164No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:5
ENST00000530937.5MCAM-216588No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:4
ENST00000530006.5MCAM-213562No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2
ENST00000526190.5MCAM-205555No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:4